Jim Burden

Mr. Jim Frank Burden, age 92, of Elberton, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Elbert Memorial Hospital.

The funeral service will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from the Chapel of Hicks Funeral Home. Rev. Leon Suttles and Bishop Randy Coggins will officiate and burial will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm on Friday evening, November 6, 2009 in the Hicks Funeral Home. Flowers will be accepted.

Mr. Burden was born in Elbert County on September 16, 1917, son of the late Lee Llewellyn Burden and Myrtie Chastain Burden. He was a long-standing member of the Elberton Church of God, now known as The Solid Rock Worship Center, where he served as head usher for a number of years. He also served as a youth Sunday School teacher for several years.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Nancy Magnettie Pless Burden; sons and daughters-in-law, Henry and Erlen Burden, Charles and Cindy Burden, all of Elberton, and Gene and Linda Burden of Athens; daughters and son-in-law, Shirley and Vernon "Junior" Vaughn and Sarah Anderson, all of Elberton; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Charlie Burden of Calhoun Falls, SC. He is preceded in death by a twin sister, Frances; two other sisters, Annie Ruth and Estelle; and four brothrs, Tom, Buford, Walton, and Julian.

Please visit www.hicksfuneral.com to sign the online register.

Hicks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.